a man who talks about money should value

the right to work and/or bet or not work and/or take vacation and/or pray

 

open Nassau OTB 365 days of the year now.

DiNapoli: Casinos no cure

• By ERIK KRISS
• Last Updated: 2:59 AM, January 31, 2013
• Posted: 1:15 AM, January 31, 2013

It’s a bad bet.
The state’s fiscal watchdog blasted Gov. Cuomo’s plan to legalize up to seven Vegas-style casinos in New York state as fool’s gold.
“I generally have concerns about supporting government through gaming revenues,” state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said yesterday. “I don’t think it’s a panacea.”
DiNapoli said that the economic benefits of additional resort casinos are being oversold with excessive revenue projections from their supporters.
“A good dose of skepticism should be applied,” he said of the gaming plan during a briefing with reporters at his Manhattan office.
He also wondered whether the region already has enough casinos, citing those in Connecticut and Atlantic City.

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Stop scratching on holidays
Published: June 1, 2012

Off Track Betting in New York State has been racing into a crisis called shrinking revenue. Some people have spitballed a solution: Don’t close on holidays.
New York State Racing Law bars racing on Christmas, Easter and Palm Sunday, and the state has ruled OTBs can’t handle action on those days, even though they could easily broadcast races from out of state.
“You should be able to bet whenever you want,” said Jackson Leeds, a Nassau OTB employee who makes an occasional bet. He added some irrefutable logic: “How is the business going to make money if you’re not open to take people’s bets?”
Elias Tsekerides, president of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, said OTB is open on Greek Orthodox Easter and Palm Sunday.
“I don’t want discrimination,” Tsekerides said. “They close for the Catholics, but open for the Greek Orthodox? It’s either open for all or not open.”
OTB officials have said they lose millions by closing on Palm Sunday alone, with tracks such as Gulfstream, Santa Anita, Turf Paradise and Hawthorne running.
One option: OTBs could just stay open and face the consequences. New York City OTB did just that back in 2003. The handle was about $1.5 million – and OTB was fined $5,000.
Easy money.